Technology Literacy

Technology when I was growing up affected such a small part of our daily lives. We had 1 channel on our TV and only watched it as a family

There is no set amount of technology there should be allowed in schools. But today it is becoming more and more common to have technology such as computers, phones and tablets in the classroom, but we do not know how much is too much technology. “The first step is understanding what is meant by ‘technology’. Then we must try to reach the broadest possible audience.” (1) this came from the article “Improving Technological Literacy by Thomas A. Young. Young does a great job of raising this question between knowing technology and using technology. Which generalizes into how much technology such as phones should be allowed at school?

Traditional methods of obtaining literacy information have been replaced with new technology such as, Kindles, laptops, cell phones and computers. Technology is the new gateway to collect information for educational purposes or casual reading. Numerous studies have examined the effectiveness of using technology for gathering up-to-date resources. In the past, the method of obtaining information for a school project was from outdated books, this method is still valuable, but for the constant inflow of information, technology is undeniably a quicker and more resourceful means. The variety of online resources a person can use for in, accomplishing tasks such as finding information for learning can be, websites that contain journals, documents

In the last 50 plus years, society has been changed tremendously as new inventions and innovations have emerged. In my experiences, there are two noteworthy items that have a pronounced place in this catalog. As a teenager in the early 21st century, I have an abundance of experience with both of these inventions. Today's modern televisions are a product of evolution and improvement, and that the iPod is relatively new to society there are a lot of differences between the two. Such as ways information is broadcasted, target demographics, and their separate functions. On the contrary, they also are popular forms of entertainment and share some similar functions.

In the article TV, Audio, & Technology – Hurting of Helping Literacy? Jim Trelease talks about the negative and positive aspects that television, audio, and technology have toward literacy in young children. He refers at media as a medication in your medicine cabinet that is helpful when you need it, but need to be controlled (Trelease, J., 2016). Trelease continues to tell the story of Sonya Carson, a single parent with a third-grade education, who had two sons. Her sons were not performing well at school and their grades were low. One day, she realized that the TV in her house was on all day, so she decided to restrict the time the boys watched TV and began to send them to the library to read two books. Her son’s grades began to climb.

Information literacy is very important in today’s world. Information literacy means that a person has the ability to understand when the information is necessary and that the person is able to find and then use that information. To be information literate, a person must be able to do the following: Assess how much information is needed, find that information, assess the information and make sure that its sources are reliable, use that information as intended, and make sure that the information is not used in a way that’s unethically or illegal.

Visual literacy is defined as “the ability to apprehend or interpret pictures or other visual images” (“Visual Literacy”, n.d.). Picture books and children’s books that contain illustrations are doing just this, providing the opportunity for students to become visually literate and comprehend through images. At a young age, children are visual learners, even before they learn how to speak. According to Hommel, Riegler, and Ulrich, (n.d.), “children must master visual skills before they can even begin to develop verbal skills—some theorists even argue that visual skills are a necessary foundation for later speech and reading skills.”

I was so amazed at the different outcomes that could result when one obtains any type of loan. I was not aware that the amount of the loan and the interest could impact someone's life so much because of the stress and time it would require. In the future I will consider the purpose and amount of a loan before I apply for it. This is because not only do I not want to spend so much time paying off a loan, but I also do not want so much debt under my name. This week I learned that money obtained from our future social security is not enough to cover our everyday lives. I realized how important it is to start saving for retirement at an early age. I am so glad that I started saving up for my retirement at the age of twenty. I feel that by being responsible now, I can benefit from it when I most need it.

Technology and cultural demands are reshaping the increasing needs for multiple forms of communication in the 21st-century. Previously literacy was thought of as reading and writing in printed text (Westbury 2010). Image one was selected as it displays both the traditional pen and paper as well as the technology available in today’s modern world. The use of technology literacy has bought about a new term “Multiliteracies” this was created by the New London Group (1996) Multiliteracy has two major factors, firstly the multimodal way in which explains how written words are a part of visual, audio and spatial patterns (Kalantzis & Cope, 2012). Image three represents the visual and audio aspects of multimodal by reading with the use of today’s

What I started to realize was that I can remember a time when if you wanted to keep in touch with someone you actually had to mail them a letter. My father used to tell me stories about how he used to listen to the Lone Range every week on the AM radio. But I remember watching Buck Rogers and Star Trek on a tiny little black and white TV and what it felt like when we got our first color TV set. Who knew that bugs bunny actually was still grey on a color TV or that Jerry was brown and Tom, well he still had a hard time catching that mouse no matter what color he was. Now when I watch my young children playing the Wii on the 55 inch HD plasma TV I remember my first game of Pong I played on my Radio Shack TRS-80. I also remember having to go home to make a phone call and often listen as my children are talking on my cell phone while we drive to grammas’ house. Then to top it off is that they don’t know what life was like before the internet. So I decided to it would be more interesting to take a historical walk through of some of the most significant technology and telecommunications developments that I have been so privileged to see develop in my lifetime.

In the generation of technology children such as I do not know all of our literacy skills yet. It used to be that when kids were growing up they finished all of their literacy skills in 4th. Grade. Right now we are still learning what then would be considered basic or easy just one generation ago. In this world overcome with technology we still need our literacy skills such as handwriting, reading, and comprehension. Technology is exposed to kids at the age like 7 or 8 now and it causes huge distractions from learning. All of these are important and so many kids at my age have not even gotten close to mastering all of these skills and we must learn them before it’s too late, before we enter the real world.

When I was in my junior year of high school, my mother decided to go to college to receive a Medical Assistant degree. It was a delightful time for my brother and me, to have a better chance paying for college. My brother and I never expected what the outcome of my mother

The ability to use information in an effective manner in required time is called information literacy. It is not only a limited only in library but also needed to achieve other purpose like educational purpose personal and professional purpose. In education, it helps to develop analytical and critical skills on student which helps them to be independent, dynamic and creative. They research themselves about the problems and do not rely on teachers to solve their problem. In another side the ability of critical thinking developed by informative literacy enables workers to find current and relevant information being more efficient and effective. And in our daily life people have to analyze information before using it. For example before buying any substance we must have to see it’s expiring date, contents used in it and then we have to decide whether we have to use or not. So, information is vital role in human life and it has dispersed through various ways and it is technology which plays a significant role in information sharing. To a small corner of the rooms, hospital to large robotics and satellite there is use of technology for analyzing and problem solving. Further with the rapid growth of information and technology, huge part of this generation is growing up in a digital world of information and technology. Different digital devices like laptop, mobile and different gadgets and Google has completely changed the perception of

Technology literacy plays a significant role in students learning. It is therefore crucial for educators to incorporate learning lessons and techniques that will help students build and strengthen their technology skills (McLaughlin, 2015). The literacy web tool that I am interested in exploring more extensively is Diigo. Diigo is an annotation tool that encourages students to collect resources, gather web pages, and add sticky notes and comments on their web page provided from the site (Diigo, 2017). Essential this site serves as a personal library where students can make notes and post interesting and helpful sources all in one place (Diigo, 2017). Students will also have the opportunity to share their web pages with classmates. What makes this site exciting is that students can upload a PDF file right onto their web page and make notes directly on the document. Therefore, students can opt to read science articles, take notes, highlight important information and complete assignments right on their computer.

Why is visual literacy important in today’s technology and how does it affect our day-to-day lifestyle. As we walk about our daily, commute how does visual literacy compare and contrast in our stride. Can we describe how visual literacy reflects as universal language in our lifestyle? What does the impact of visual literacy have on the communication and global understanding of it as well? Visual literacy can portray itself through so many channels and yet originate at about the same visible definition depending on the way you are describing them. Therefore, let us explain the differences of how visual literacy is used between the textbook, described by author William Ryan and Mr. Kennedy’s narratives, as well as how precise the two are, and is one used more than the other is in our society today.